I'm going to need your support.

Commander Chakotay Ask 

Lt. Commander Tuvok for Advice

CHAKOTAY: 

I need your advice.

TUVOK: 

A first.

CHAKOTAY: 

Look, I realise we're not exactly best friends. 

From day one, we've kept 

each other at arm's length. 

But I've always respected 

your judgment and right now, 

I could use a little 

Vulcan clarity.

TUVOK: 

Proceed.

CHAKOTAY: 

It's The Captain. 

As you may have noticed,

she's isolated herself from the crew.

TUVOK: 

She believes that she made 

an error in judgment four years ago. 

That she's responsible for stranding Voyager in the Delta Quadrant.

CHAKOTAY: 

She told you?

TUVOK: 

No. I've been observing her behaviour 

for the past four years. 

Guilt has been her constant companion.

CHAKOTAY: 

You've known her longer than anyone. 

Have you ever seen her like this?

TUVOK: 

Only once. It was during her first year as a Commander on the USS Billings. 

She sent an away team 

to survey a volcanic moon. 

Their shuttle was damaged by a magma eruption and three crew members were severely injured. 

The next day she returned to the moon 

alone to complete the survey. 

She wanted the crew to know that their suffering had not been in vain. 

She could have been killed.

CHAKOTAY: 

Seeking redemption.

TUVOK: 

Precisely. 

Captain Janeway's methods are unorthodox. 

It is her strength as a leader, 

but unfortunately, 

it is also her greatest weakness.

CHAKOTAY: 

Stubborn as a Klingon.

TUVOK: 

To put it mildly.

CHAKOTAY: 

If she tries something like that again 

I want to be ready and I'm going 

to need your support.